Defense could use new 'best value' competition method under proposal

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 18, 2003

Report lacks details on merging homeland personnel systems

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• March 18, 2003

New controls on chemical plant security sought

• John Stanton
• March 18, 2003

Agencies implement more stringent security measures

Federal agencies stepped up security across the country Tuesday as Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge outlined a national plan to protect the United States from terrorist attacks during a war with Iraq.

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 18, 2003

In the northern Persian Gulf, Navy cruiser is loaded for war

• George Cahlink
• March 18, 2003

In the air war, an overwhelming information advantage

• George Cahlink
• March 18, 2003

Five fights

The commander of the Army's V Corps says the impending war in Iraq will involve fighting five kinds of battles at once.

• James Kitfield
• March 18, 2003

Intelligence reorganization spotlights fabled FBI-CIA rift

• Drew Clark
• March 17, 2003

With Iraq war looming, Hill leaders head to White House

• April Fulton and Bill Ghent
• March 17, 2003

Justice IG says foreign student tracking system inadequate

• National Journal
• March 17, 2003

Homeland security merger raises chain-of-command issues

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's effort to clarify lines of authority in the department is already creating rumblings of dissent.

• Siobhan Gorman
• March 17, 2003

State Department orders nonemergency employees out of Iraq

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• March 17, 2003

On the eve of battle, watching weather becomes a mission-critical task

• George Cahlink
• March 17, 2003

Legislators want to accelerate Deepwater, but observers are skeptical

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 17, 2003

For young Marines on the verge of war, a puzzling suicide

• George C. Wilson
• March 16, 2003

White House planning to delay war spending request

• April Fulton and Bill Ghent
• March 14, 2003

Pentagon to release guidance on military transformation

• Molly M. Peterson
• March 14, 2003

OPM disaster guides offer advice for managers and employees

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• March 14, 2003

Defense pushes for more flexibility to manage civilian employees

• Amelia Gruber
• March 14, 2003

U.S. military has changed dramatically since first Gulf War

The U.S. military that's ready to go to war in Iraq may look the same as its Desert Storm counterpart of 12 years ago, but it is an altogether different force.

• James Kitfield
• March 14, 2003